Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1887-02-24
THE WORLD AT LARGE.
Summary Of the Daily News.
CONGRESSIONAL.

CONGRESSIONAL.
In the Senate on the 18th Senator Cam
sron. from the Naval Committee, reported back
the bill to Increase the naval establishment. 1t
appropriates SCI 100000. Senator Hale also re-
ported his bill. The Senate, in Committee of
the Whole, then resumed consideration of the
Post-office Appropriation bill The subsidy
amendment" for transportation of the mails to
Central and South America was adopted and
after executive session the Senate adjourned.
go In the House the Senate bill for the retire
ment and recoinage of the trade dollar, after
some debate and amendment, was passed
yeas, 176; nays, 36. The bill permits trade
dollars not mutilated to be received at their
face value for six months, not to be paid out
but to be recoined into standard dollars. The
House then briefly debated the Diplomatic and
Consular Appropriation bill and then adjourned.
In the Senate on the 18th an unusual
number of resolutions calling upon various de-
partments for information were offered. The
Senate took up Senator Cameron's bill to in
crease the naval establishment. AT the expiraS
ton of the morning hour the bill was laid aside
and the Eads Tehuantepec bill taken up and de-
bate confined until executive session. The
House got into somewhat of tangle upon in
terpreting the rules, solution of which the
Speaker took under consideration. Mr. Lawler
offered resolution. calling upon the Secretary
of State for construction of the treaty of 1914
with Great Britain to the right ofthe United
States to maintain navy on the lakes. Among
Ohio, for the election of Senators by the people.
District of Columbia matters were then consid-
cred until adjournment.
In the Senate on the 18th Che House
amendments to the Trade Dollar bill were non
concurred in. The House bill dividing Missouri
into two judicial DISTRICTS and dividing the dis
tricts into divisions was reported by Senator
Vest, with amendments, and passed. The bill
to increase the naval establishment was then
taken up and debated until two o'clock when
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business and was considered until adjournment.
After disposing of the business the
Speakers table in the House the resolution
discharging the Committee of the Whole from
further consideration of the Senate bill grant
ing pension to Mrs. Logan and making the
bill immediate special order came up,
against which point of order was pending at
the adjournment. Under the decision of the
Speaker the matter went to the Committee on
Rules. After committees reported the House
further considered the Consular and Diplomatic
Appropriation bill, but adjourned before reach
ing final action.
In the Senate on the 10Th the credentials
of David S. Turpie as Senator from Indiana
were presented and on motion of Mr.. Hoar re-
ferred to the Committee Privileges and
Elections. Consideration of the bill to increase
the navyowas then resumed and after several
amendments the bill passed. The bill for an
increase of the naval establishment was then
further debated but action reached Mr..
Blair then offered resolutions upon the death
of the late Senator Pike, eulogies were deliv-
cred and the Senate adjourned. The House
on assembling insisted upon it's amend
ments to the Senate Trade Dollar bill
and agreed to the conference requested by
the Senate. Mr.. Belmont, from the Com
mittee on Foreign Affairs reported back the
Senate Retaliatory bill with the committees
substitute Mr.. Cobb, from the Conference
Committee on the Northern Pacific Forfeiture
BILL reported disagreement. He said that the
Senate bill proposed the forfeiture of but $780,,
DOC of mountainous land west os the Cascade
mountains, while the House measure worked
the forfeiture of all the lands west of Bismarck,
amounting to 100000 acres. The report was
agreed to and new committee appointed. At
two O'Clock, in pursuance of a previous order,
public business discontinued, and Mr..
Thomas, of Illinois, called up the Senate
buttons expressive of respect to the memory of
the late John A. Logan. Addresses were deliv
cred and the House adjourned.
AFTER disposing of routine business the
Senate the 18th resumed consideration of
Mr.. Hales bill to provide for the increase of the
naval establishment. The bill finally passed.
1t provides for heavily armored vessels and gun
boats for coast defenses, and appropriates $15-
100000 After passing several minor bills the Sen
ate took up for further consideration the Eads
Tehuantepec BILL which was amended and final
ly passed. Mr.. Vest submitted the conference
report upon the bill dividing the State of Mis-
souri, isoD two judicial districts, which was
agreed to. Adjourned. 49,. The House by
81 yeas to 160 nays refused to pass
the bill appropriating $4,000 to purchase
seed for the administration portions of Texas
over the Presidents veto. The conference re-
port upon the Anti-Mormon bill was, after some
debate, agreed to. After some parliamentary
sparring the House went into Committee of the
Whole upon the Consular and Diplomatic bill.
1t amended, reported to the House and
passed. The conference report on the Sundry
Civil bill was then received, pending considera-
ton of which the House adjourned.